Panningen

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Panningen

Total population

7,290

Land area3.72 km²

Coordinates51.33°, 5.98°

Demographic figures from CBS Netherlands. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Panningen is a Dutch town with a population of 7,618 inhabitants (2020) and is the biggest settlement of the municipality Peel en Maas. It is centrally located between the cities of Roermond, Weert and Venlo in the north of the Dutch province Limburg. Before the 2010 municipal redivision, when Panningen became a part of the newly formed municipality of Peel en Maas, it was part of Helden. Together with Helden, Panningen forms a double core, the double core Helden-Panningen has 13,863 inhabitants (2020). Its nearest city, Venlo, lies about 13 km eastwards.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Brennan Heart

Dutch DJ and hardstyle producer

Mathieu Smedts

Dutch journalist (1913–1996)

G

Grard Sientje

P

Paul Postuma

Dutch footballer

Leo Lucassen

Dutch historian

Ton Engels

Dutch singer-songwriter

S

Sanne-Samina Hanssen

Dutch actress

W

Wiel Houwen

Henri van Groenendael

Dutch politician (1874-1944)

Gé Reinders

Dutch singer

J

Jean van Groenendael

Dutch architect

Sabrina Stultiens

Dutch cyclist

Stevie Ann

Dutch singer-songwriter

Damian Johannes Theelen

Dutch missionary bishop (1877–1946)

Johannes Eillebrecht

wrestler (1888-1954)

Jolanda Verstraten

Dutch sportsperson and athletics competitor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Limburg

• Helden
  1 mi away · pop. 6,290
• Egchel
  1.2 mi away · pop. 1,160
• Beringe
  1.6 mi away · pop. 2,140
• Koningslust
  2 mi away · pop. 1,275
• Grashoek
  2.9 mi away · pop. 1,695
• Maasbree
  3.5 mi away · pop. 6,520
• Heibloem
  4.2 mi away · pop. 770
• Kessel
  4.2 mi away · pop. 3,435
• Meijel
  4.3 mi away · pop. 6,190
• Neer
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,395
• Beesel
  4.9 mi away · pop. 2,451
• Baarlo
  5 mi away · pop. 6,550

Browse all places in Limburg →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Spitting Spider

Scytodes thoracica

Seen 2026-09-23

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-23

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-09-21

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Seen 2026-09-20

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-20

common hops

Humulus lupulus

Seen 2026-09-20

tuberous polypore

Polyporus tuberaster

Seen 2026-09-20

Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus

Seen 2026-09-20

birch polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).